Economic measurement when AI produces unpaid digital labor for low-income communities
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Global, Global
WS05133
Many valuable outputs may be generated through open-source contributions, community data, and user interaction rather than conventional employment. National accounts and compensation systems do not yet capture these flows fairly. The solution must work with limited capital, intermittent services, and local maintenance capacity. The research opportunity is to define measurable success criteria, test the approach in realistic settings, identify failure modes, and create a pathway from prototype to accountable deployment.